Rethymno Aegean lost by Panionios for Greek League 24th day

Rethymno Aegean lost by Panionios for Greek Basket League 24th day. In a very tight game the maximum difference reached 7 points and Panionios won by only three points but with this victory secured the third position in the regular season. For Rethymno Aegean Justin Hurtt was the top scorer with19 points. Callistus Eziukwu had 14 points, 6 points and Luka Drča had 13 points and 7 rebounds. Kenny Gabriel had 9 rebounds but only 3 points. For the winners Errick McCollum had only 8 points so the top scorer was Giannis Athanasoulas had 14 points and 4 rebounds. Vasilis Simtsak had 9 rebounds, 5 rebounds and 2 steals.
Quarters' scores: 16-20, 35-37, 57-55, 64-67.

Rethymno Aegean: Hurtt 19, Kallinikidis, Koumpouras 3, Aggelopoulos 6, Wright, Kalampokis 5, Kanonidis, Sinis, Latovic, Eziukwu 14, Drča 13, Gabriel 3.
Panionios: McCollum 8, Duvnjak 6, Carter 10, Milbourne 13, Athanasoulas 14, Batis, Skordilis 2, Langford 7, Michel, Simtsak 5, Kyritsis, Saloustros 2.

Rethymno Aegean beat Panelefsiniakos for Greek League 20th day

Rethymno Aegean hosted and defeated Panelefsiniakos for Greek Basket League 20th day. Rethymno Aegean won for third consecutive home game and has avoided relegation, heading only up now. Callistus Eziukwu with 15 points and 9 rebounds, Luka Drča with 13 points and Derek Wright with 13 points and 10 rebounds were the best players for Rethymno Aegean. Kenny Gabriel scored 6 points and collected 10 rebounds. For Panelefsiniakos Mouhammad Faye had 26 points and 9 rebounds, Rob Jones had 16 points, 4 rebounds and 4 assists.
Quarters' scores: 18-17, 39-30, 64-44, 85-69.

Rethymno Aegean: Hurtt 12, Kallinikidis, Koumpouras 2, Aggelopoulos 2, Wright 13, Kalampokis 14, Kanonidis 2, Sinis, Latovic 6, Eziekwu 15, Drča 13, Gabriel 6.
Panelefsiniakos: Papamakarios 2, Arapis, Dimakos, Jones 16, Magounis, Faye 26, Fisher 5, Melissaratos, Turner 9, Mantzaris 9, Avramidis 2.

Olympiacos beat Rethymno Aegean for Greek League 19th day

Olympiacos hosted and smashed Rethymno Aegean for Greek Basket League 19th day. After the defeat by Panathinaikos Olympiacos played against a team that does not play tight defense. With 7 players having double digit points Olympiacos reached 105 points with ease. Bryant Dunston with 18 points was the top scorer of Olympiacos and Justin Hurtt with 21 points the top scorer of Rethymno Aegean. Damir Latovic had 20 points and 9 rebounds. Kenny Gabriel had 6 points and 7 rebounds but also an injury in the game. Mantzaris also got injured in the game. With 10/21 three pointers, 10 turnovers and 37 rebounds Olympiacos had a very good game.
Quarters' scores: 30-19, 50-34, 72-50, 105-64.

Olympiacos: Moon 15, Dunston 18, Spanoulis 10, Papapetrou 12, Sloukas 5, Collins 4, Simmons 13, Lojeski 10, Begic 2, Printezis 14, Mantzaris, Katsivelis 2.
Rethymno Aegean: Hurtt 21, Kallinikidis, Koumpouras 7, Aggelopoulos 3, Wright 3, Antonopoulos, Kanonidis, Sinis, Latovic 20, Eziukwu 4, Drca, Gabriel 6.

Justin Hurtt named MVP of 15th day

Justin Hurtt named MVP of 15th day for his performance against Kolossos Rodou. Hurtt in 36 minutes scored 30 points, 6/9 three pointers, collected 2 rebounds, served 1 assist and had 7 fouls drawn. Second day that a player of Rethymno Aegean is named MVP after first day and Gabe Pruitt.

Rethymno Aegean defeated Kolossos Rodou for Greek League 15th day

Rethymno Aegean hosted and defeated Kolossos Rodou for Greek Basket League 15th day. With this victory Rethymno reached Kolossos in the League table. Rethmyno Aegean was massive in the first half with 26 points in each quarter. First quarter finished with 16 and second one with 21 points difference for Rethymno. In the third quarter Kolossos lowered the difference to 18 points but the final difference was 19 points. Rethymno bombed Kolossos with 12/27 three pointers while Kolossos was poor in free throws with 21/40. Rethmyno collected 18 more rebounds than Kolossos, 43 against 25. Those stats show why Rethymno Aegean won easily this crucial game. All twelve players of Rethymno Aegean scored at least two points and ten of them collected at least one rebound. Kenny Gabriel made another double double with 13 points, 11 rebounds and 4 blocks! Justin Hurtt was the top scorer of the game with 30 points, 6/9 three pointers. For Kolossos Rodou Bambale Osby had 16 points, 6 rebounds and 7 fouls drawn. Aggelos Tsamis 6 points, 4 rebounds, 4 assists and 6 fouls drawn. Christoforos Stefanidis added 14 points more.

Quarters' scores: 26-10, 52-31, 69-51, 86-67.

Rethymno Aegean: Hurtt 30, Kallinikidis 2, Koumpouras 6, Aggelopoulos 3, Wright 5, Kalampokis 3, Kanonidis 2, Sinis 2, Latovic 6, Eziukwu 6, Arbet 8, Gabriel 13.

Kolossos Rodou: Papantoniou 7, Car 2, Georgalis 4, Kommatos 7, Smith 3, Stefanidis 14, Simpson 5, Tsamis 6, Osby 16, Kapelan, Danas, Nadjfeji 3.

Ilisiakos defeated Rethymno Aegean for Greek League thirteenth day

Ilisiakos hosted and defeated Rethymno Aegean for Greek Basket League thirteenth day. Rethymno Aegean was better in the first half and finished it with a small lead of 3 points. Ilisiakos counter attacked in the second quarter and finished the half time ahead by 11 points. Second half started and finished like the first half did. Rethymno Aegean dominated the third quarter and took the lead in score again with 54-59. In the last quarter the home team was massive, scoring 32 points and let Rethmyno Aegean score only 13 points. Ilisiakos reversed the score two times and won the game by 14 points. Very tight game with Ilisiakos shooting 42 free throws and scoring 32 of them. Nikos Chatzis had a great game with 20 points, 3 assists and 6 fouls drawn in 18 minutes. DJ Stephens made a double double with 14 points and 11 rebounds. Kevin Anderson was the top scorer of Ilisiakos with 29 points, 10/10 free throws, 5/6 two pointers and 3/5 three pointers. For Rethmyno Aegean Derek Wright was the top scored with 22 points, 5/5 free throws, 4/4 two pointers and 3/4 three pointers. Justin Hurtt scored 21 points but had many shots, 7/14 free throws, 4/12 two pointers and 2/5 three pointers. Kenny Gabriel made another double double with 10 points and 12 rebounds.

Quarters' scores: 15-18, 41-30, 54-59, 86-72.

Ilisiakos: Kafkis 7, Antonakis 2, Smith 2, Chatzis 20, Zoumpos, Dorkofikis 3, Stephens 14, Vavatsikos 3, Ioannou 2, Tzougarakis, Mbodj 4, Anderson 29.

Rethymno Aegean: Hurtt 21, Kallinikidis, Koumpouras 2, Aggelopoulos 5, Wright 22, Kalampokis 3, Kanonidis 9, Sinis, Latovic, Eziukwu, Arbet, Gabriel 10.

Panathinaikos defeated Rethymno Aegean for Greek League twelfth day

Rethymno Aegean hosted and lost by Panathinaikos for Greek League twelfth day. The first quarter was a game between Justin Hurtt and Kenny Gabriel against Panathinaikos. Hurtt and Gabriel had scored 9 and 7 points respectively, all the points of Rethymno Aegean in the first quarter and half of the team rebounds. For Panathinaikos Antonis Fotsis had 4 points and 6 rebounds in the first quarter, as many as the whole team of Rethymno. After 13 minutes in the game a third player scored for Rethymno, Aggelopoulos, making the score 22-26. With more players scoring for Rethymno the team approached Panathinaikos in the score with 25-26 with a three pointer by Arbet but Panathinaikos replied with two three pointers in a row. Half time finished with score 35-40. Rethymno Aegean managed to follow Panathinaikos since more players scored, besides Hurtt and Gabriel. For Panathinaikos 11 players have scored in the first half, with a bench depth that most teams in Greek League cannot compete. In the third quarter Panathinaikos broaden the difference with great team play and with double rebounds than Rethymno but also double turnovers. Panathinaikos won a game against a good team that didn't have its bench depth. For Panathinaikos Antonis Fotsis collected 11 rebounds but scored only 7 points and missed a double double. James Gist didn't miss a shot with 6/6 two pointers, 1/1 free throw and 1/1 three pointer, while Stephane Lasme missed only one shot, 6/7 two pointers and 2/2 free throws. Dimitris Diamantidis scored 12 points and gave 6 assists. Justin Hurrt scored 19 points and Kenny Gabriel 13 points with 7 rebounds.

Quarters' scores: 16-19, 35-40, 48-61, 63-82.

Rethymno Aegean: Hurtt 19, Kallinikidis, Koumpouras 5, Aggelopoulos 11, Wright, Antonopoulos, Kalampokis, Kanonidis 4, Sinis, Latovic 2, Arbet 9, Gabriel 13.

Panathinaikos: Bramos 5, Curry 13, Batiste 1, Fotsis 7, Ukić, Lasme 14, Mavrokefalidis 2, Diamantidis 12, Gist 16, Pappas 6, Giankovits 3, Mačiulis 3.

Rethymno Aegean defeated Aries Trikala for Greek League eighth day

Rethymno Aegean hosted and defeated Aries Trikala for Greek Basketball League eighth day. Rethymno Aegean took the lead in the first quarter but Aries Trikala counter attacked and finished the first half 4 points ahead of Rethymno Aegean. Third quarter was balanced and Rethymno Aegean won the game with a 7-0 run in the end of the game. Rethymno Aegean had bad percentages in shooting but the team made only 10 turnovers. Kenny Gabriel scored 20 points, collected 6 rebounds and made 5 blocks. Patrick Ewing Junior made another double double with 13 points and 15 rebounds, showing that after the adaptation period is revealing his great skills.

Quarters' scores: 26-21, 46-50, 64-64, 79-77.

Rethymno Aegean: Hurtt 17, Kallinikidis 4, Koumpouras 2, Aggelopoulos 12, Wright 3, Kalampokis 11, Kanonidis, Sinnis, Latovic 5, Alexander 2, Arbet 3, Gabriel 20.

Aries Trikala: Evans 10, Perunicic, Ewing 13, Giannakidis 13, Petrovic 3, Lekakis, Granger 8, Deligiannis 10, Matalon 6, Fountas, Nikolopoulos, Mutakabbir 14.

Thanksgiving away from home

We are all jealous of athletes when they win a game, or because they travel a lot and earn good money. But being an athlete includes changing houses and spend Thanksgiving away from home.

Wish I could be spending Thanksgiving with the fam, but I'm thankful to be doing what I love here overseas
— IG: jhurtt15 (@JustInTime15) November 28, 2013

wish i could hop on a plane and make if to dinner so i can see my family today...
— Kenny Gabriel (@DaBoyKG22) November 28, 2013

Wish I was home for thanksgiving food I'm missing out on that soul food I been missing 🍺🍻🍸🍹🍷🍗🍖🍤🍝🎂🍰🍰🍞🍩🍮🍊🍉🍓🍇🍒=😔
— Dominique Sutton (@supastasutton23) November 28, 2013

Happy Thanksgiving to all, specially those away from home.

Rethymno defeated Panelefsiniakos for Greek League seventh day

Rethymno Aegean defeated Panelefsiniakos for Greek League seventh day. Rethymno had a good first quarter when it created a difference of 11 points. Panelefsiniakos just lowered the difference of 23 points of the half time. Rethymno Aegean had 46% in three pointers, 12/26, while Panelefsiniakos only 27%, 6/22. This was a victory after two defeats in a row for Rethymno Aegean. Nikou finished the game with 10 assists but just one point. Mouhammad Faye made a double double with 26 points, 11 rebounds, 4 assists and 2 steals. Kenny Gabriel missed another double double with 9 points and 9 rebounds. Justin Hurtt with 24 points was the leader of Rethymno.

Quarters' scores: 15-26, 26-49, 51-69, 72-87.

Panelefsiniakos: Nikou 1, Papamakarios 14, Arapis, Ralley Ross 10, Jones 5, Faye 26, Melissaratos, Turner 3, Mantzaris 13, Avramidis, Houhoumis.

 Rethymno Aegean: Hurtt 24, Kallinikidis 2, Koumpouras 12, Aggelopoulos 15, Wright 6, Kalampokis 11, Kanonidis, Sinis, Latovic 2, Alexander, Arbet 6, Gabriel 9.

Justin Hurtt on ESAKE

Hellenic Basketball Clubs Association hosted on its main site an article about Justin Hurtt. The title of the article is "Mr. Hurtt's painting exhibition" since Hurtt loves painting in and out of basketball courts. The American shares with PAOK's Costas Charalambidis the second place of scoring in Greek Basketball League, average 17.7 points per game. He is first in three pointers, 11 scored out of 20 attempted, and fifth in fouls gained. Thanasis Giaples said that Rethymno Aegean was watching Hurtt for more than a year but managed to sign him this season. Giaples mentions the reliable shot and one-to-one skills of Hurtt but what really defers him is his low profile and humble character, which as the coach says is rare for an American player. The article make special refer at this dunk against Oklahoma for the NCAA.

He wasn't selected in NBA Drafts so he moved to Italy for Pallacanestro Varese, then in Belgium for Mons-Hainaut before he returned to USA and NBA Development League for Iowa Energy. Hurtt admires Lebron  James and Kansas City Chiefs. His dream is to become a cover of the basketball magazine "Slam". In his free time Hurtt paints and sketches and his favorite lesson in school was children literature.

Rethymno Aegean defeated Aris for Greek Basketball League fourth day

Rethymno Aegean hosted and defeated Aris BC for the fourth day of Greek Basketball League. The two teams were close in score in the first half. Rethymno Aegean managed to finish first half with a 3 points lead and started better the second half where with Justin Hurtt made a 10 points difference. The third quarter finished with Aris 9 points behind and this was the crucial point since the team from Thessaloniki couldn't lower the difference less than 5 points in the last minutes and lost the game. Rethmyno's captain Avraam Kallinikidis scored a crucial three pointer which secured the victory for his team. Aris made 17 turnovers which was a drawback for the team. Justin Hurtt scored 23 points and Kenny Gabriel didn't make his fourth double double in a row but he scored 11 points and collected 9 rebounds. For Aris Athinaiou scored 17 points, Pelekanos and Asimakopoulos 12 points each.

Quarters' scores: 23-22, 46-43, 69-60, 84-77.

Rethymno Aegean: Hurtt 23, Kallinikidis 5, Koumpouras 5, Aggelopoulos 14, Pruitt 11, Kalampokis 5, Kanonidis, Sinnis, Latovic 2, Alexander 8, Arbet, Gabriel 11.

Aris BC: Bochoridis 5, Hunt, Pelekanos 12, Gikas 7, Tsakaleris, Asimakopoulos 12, Charisis 9, Laretzakis 2, Vezenkov 4, Sarikopoulos, Mourtos 9, Athinaiou 17.

Kolossos Rodou loses from Rethymno Aegean

Kolossos Rodou hosted and was defeated by Rethymno Aegean for the second day of the Greek Basketball League. Rethymno started the game with a 0-7 ran but the first quarter finished balanced 18-18. Rethymno high accuracy in three pointers and dunks dominated second quarter where the partial score was 9-21. Rethymno started the game better than Kolossos and finished the first half with a burst that gave it the lead by 12 points. Hurtt and Kalampokis had a good first half while Kolossos Rodou had a more team game with 7 players scoring. Rethymno's 19 rebounds and 5 three pointers made the difference in first half. Hurtt (5/5 three pointers!) and Pruitt continued scoring at third quarter and the difference reached 21 points, 32-53. Taylor Smith finished the third quarter with a three pointer and reduced the difference to 11 points, 48-59. Fourth quarter started with Papantoniou and Osby lowering the difference down to 6 points but Hurtt was unstoppable! Hurtt scored his sixth three pointer (6/6!) and the difference was back to 11 points. In a game where Rethymno Aegean scored 11 three pointers and collected 29 rebounds Kolossos Rodou didn't have big chances. Kenny Gabriel made another double double with 10 points and 10 rebounds, two double doubles in two games!

Quarters' scores: 18-18, 27-39, 48-59, 66-76

Kolossos Rodou: Papantoniou 10, Rum, Matsamas, Georgalis 6, Smith 14, Stefanidis 10, Simpson 2, Koukoulas 6, Tsamis 5, Prewitt, Osby 13, Danas.

Rethymno Aegean: Hurtt 25, Kallinikidis 2, Koumpouras 6, Aggelopoulos 10, Pruitt 8, Kalampokis 12, Kanonidis, Sinnis, Latovic, Kwame, Arbet 3, Gabriel 10.